- Gian Paolo Baglioni
Gian Paolo Baglioni (c. 1470 - June 1520) was an Italian condottiero and lord of
Perugia .He was the son of
Rodolfo Baglioni and initially fought mostly inUmbria , especially against the family rivals, the Oddi. In 1498 he was hired by Florence to held minor operations in Umbria.In July 1500 he escaped an assassination attempt by Grifone and
Carlo Baglioni . Later he was at the service of thePapal States , fighting mostly along withVitellozzo Vitelli . Among his deeds of this period, was the cruel reconquest ofCamerino , after the shortCesare Borgia 's rule, for theDa Varano family.After a period of independence and ruthless actions, in 1506 he submitted to
Pope Julius II . In 1511 he was hired by theRepublic of Venice , for which, in a long series of military actions, he opposed the French troops in the course of theWar of the League of Cambrai . In November 1513 he was captured in a clash atCreazzo , but was freed on word. In 1517 he fought in theWar of Urbino against Francesco Maria della Rovere, who also besieged Perugia. In 1516 he received the title of count ofBettona fromPope Leo X .In 1520, accused of an attempted assassination in Rome, Baglioni was imprisoned in
Castel Sant'Angelo and beheaded. He is buried in the church ofSanta Maria in Traspontina .References
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